education
Unique university intends to solve world's problems
A new university is sprouting up in the San Francisco area this summer with an ambitious charter: solving the world's biggest problems.
Singularity University, which will be housed on the NASA Ames base near Mountain View and begin classes in June, is the brainchild of Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis.
Booming enrollments boost for-profit colleges
The declining economy is leading to enrollment surges at some for-profit career colleges but crisis at others because private loans are now tough for students to obtain.
Students may get class credit for a protest
When more than 1,000 University of Arizona students descend on the state Capitol Wednesday as part of a large protest decrying potential cuts to higher education, some of the demonstrators could receive class credit.
Choosing a single-sex college
DEAR DR. FOURNIER: Our daughter has announced she wants to attend an all-girls college. I am ecstatic. My husband is not so sure this is best. Can you tell me if this is a good idea -- and, if so, what are the advantages? Also, what colleges should we look at?
What if a parent is told the child has ADD or ADHD?
DEAR DR. FOURNIER: We were summoned to our daughter's school, told she is ADHD and instructed to get her on the meds. My neighbor says ADHD is something that was developed so pharmaceuticals can sell more unnecessary drugs and absolve parents from having to actually parent and teachers from taking responsibility for what our daughter isn't learning. Please tell us the truth.
Students document segregated past at Texas university
The true story of how Midwestern State University balked at opening its doors to black students in the early 1950s came as such a surprise to two current students that they set out to publicize its details.
Our school systems need an update
I'm reading a lot about Washington, D.C. School Chancellor, Michelle Rhee, especially since Sen. Barack Obama won the election. What do you think about her and what she is doing (or not doing)? I live in Hagerstown, Md., which is close to Washington.
ASSESSMENT
Fewer tenured professors teach
As college enrollment grows across the country, more and more classes are being taught by instructors who aren't tenured or on the tenure track.
PTA: Not just for mothers anymore
The face of the Parent Teacher Association is changing.
When it was founded more than a century ago, all the members were women.
